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Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Cutting
Shades
Decision
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Choices
Gray
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Decisions
Comes
Matters
Ever
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Matter
Mines
Heart
Mine

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